Grandmaster Maurice Ashley Plays Willson the Chess Hustler in NYC Park
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Maurice Ashley says: I was schooled by the best hustlers back in the day! This was actually in Washington Square Park where the late great Vinnie Livermore used to beat my ass at that same table! (This is a bonus clip from The Tim Ferriss Experiment TV show. Watch the full series here: fourhourworkweek.com/tv/)
Willson the Hustler vs Maurice Ashley
New York City Park
Polish Opening: Bugayev Attack (A00)
1. b4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. Bb2 d6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 a5 7. Rb1 axb4 8. axb4 Nc6 9. c3 Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be2 Bf8 12. O-O d5 13. h3 Bh5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nf4 17. Qf3 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. Nhf3 Ra2 20. Bc1 e4 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Nxc1 23. Rbxc1 Rxd2 24. Rxc7 Rxd4 25. Rxb7 Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Bxb4 27. Rb1 Bc5 28. Rc1 Re5 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke2 g5 31. g3 Kf7 32. Rb1 Re7 33. Rb5 Rc7 34. Kf1 Ke6 35. Ke2 Kd5 36. Rb1 Ra7 37. Rd1+ Bd4 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. f4 exf3 40. Rxd4+ Kxd4
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I can't stop laughing. Agadmator analysing this semi-seriously as "the greatest move of all time" is fantastic.
@VeteranCape Why? When you sit down with a known hustler you have to understand that the rules will be fluid on the hustler's part. What I love is that Maurice probably didn't see the slight of hand but that didn't matter he knew the piece was missing. These guys have unbelievable photographic memories. He wasn't fooled. Depending on how you call out a hustler there can be a menu of responses ranging from embarrassment to indignation and worse. Maurice just replaces the "error" and Wilson just keeps playing. So, Maurice just keeps whooping him. So if Wilson's was the best move ever, Muarice's was the best reply ever.
@VeteranCape how is it pathetic. Its funny.
Lmao! This line cracked me up: “If he managed to pull this off it would be the greatest move ever played in chess.”
Because it would, against a GM, in front of cameras and audiences to be able to slip it past all if them? Truly the greatest move in history
And so we called this move. The en knightsant. The older brother of en passant.
omg that was dope
lollololol
F u made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂😂
I'll try n remember that one.. lol
🤣
Pawn takes two knights. Grandmasters haven't thought about that move.
neither has stockfish XD
It is smart to create new moves on the board. +1
LOL.
"yu dunt even louk at the bouard"
What if I go into your house? Is that alright?
"I meen its olright dere is nossing rong wid dat"
lemme take that from you
😂😂😂
i loved this game
Even AlphaZero didn't see it. So long for IA's superiority !
*AI
@@joshual4513 in france it is abbreviated differently, im sure it is that way in other languages as well.
Deaner daweiner why is that relevant to a comment written in English?
@@xIzonegamingIx its IA, not AI.
Triste 421 adjective comes before the noun it is describing in English. Artificial is the adjective describing the form of intelligence and calling it artificial. AI, not IA.
“no. no. NO! nooooo! NO! Nothing has happened. NOTHNG has happened. Nothing has happened to you. NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO YOU! NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO YOU! NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO YOU! *slams chess clock* NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO YOU! -Wilson
Words of wisdom.
When Ashley introduced himself at the end of the game was a great moment. Hustlers reaction was priceless.
Mary Agee “what is your name?! Maurice Ashley”...(someone off camera) Grandmaster...Wilson: cut, cut!!! 😂
Willson should be nicknamed, *"The Magician from New York"*
Hahaha!
Tough crowd Xyon, not many Tal fans in the chat 😁
@@theazrael4423 excuse me what the fack
I live near where the hustler played and I saw him playing before, he goes crazy every game 😂
I mean to be fair its a move nobody considers just like tal moves
Reminded me of an experience playing a hustler. Chess wise we were closely matched but he had a habit of teleporting his pieces.
Willson's most powerful move, his accent. That video was gold, "CUT CUT CUT"
He may have lost, but the game will be forever remembered as Wilson's Immortal/The Hustler's Immortal.
Found a move even alphazero couldnt find easily a contender for best player in ny
Wilson the hustler was capturing the knight on D4 normal way a pawn captures and he also managed to capture D3 knight en passant! (The Double Knight Lift or The Double Knight Hustle)
steven mendoza that’s not how en passant works. If a pawn makes a double-square move from it’s starting position when your pawn could have captured it if it only moved forward one square, you can capture the opponents pawn with the idea that it is captured while moving to the second square, or in other words while in passing (hence the name en passant), but only you can only play the move directly after your opponent moves the pawn up twi squares. So knights can’t be captured with en passant. OR I’m totally not reading the sarcasm in this comment and I am totally retarded 🙂
Shaunia Marek It's indeed a joke.
@@shauniamarek1641 r/woooosh
"What if I came into your house?"
Willson: Thats ok. that all right to go. thats allright... Maurice: I dont knowww?
4:03 Ra2
ICONIC
Grandmaster? CUOT CUTT CUTTTTT
hope fully you dont come over to my house two knights in a row though
This game (or part of it) was re-enacted in the show "Billions" Season 2 Episode 1. Maurice Ashley even played as the hustler.
You forgot to mention an important point. The Hustler didn't know he was playing a GM.
Lmao
Yes! That’s important to know!
Yeah, who's the real hustler?
@@zzasdfwas The one that cheated.
to be fair wilson probably realised he was facing a highly-ranked player early on. he asks if maurice is an expert before they start and wilson picks up on the fact that maurice doesn't even look at the board. and honestly I don't really think that wilson would change his style that much. his entire gimmick is fast moves, sleight of hand, loud trash talking all coupled with decent to good chess skill. thinking seriously and not pulling some dramatics would undercut his entire schtick which is why he plays in public in the first place.
Ah, I remember the good old pawn takes two knights move
One of those special moves, forgotten even more often than en passant
Ah yes, 22. cxd3xd4. Always a strong move.
Best comment ever
ah yes, cuban b.
The hustler attack, not even Magnus can pull off this movement
petrie911 if you can pull it off
@@danielzaretsky1375 lmao
CUT!!! CUT!!!! I MEAN IT CUT!!!!
I think i can figure that out.. MATE IN 23!
Xadrez E Café 23 likes. Coincidence? I think not
It's 42 likes now. Thanks for all the fish.
Brs everywhere
Mate in tree
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Thanks for covering this game. The original video didn't focus on the game that much.
I don't believe the intent of the original video was that the unidentified GM Maurice would win/lose to a random "chess hustler" but rather GM Maurice proving the importance mentality control in chess. Always be focused and never allow pride to blind you. "Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan."
Yeah I watched the original vid and it’s really annoying not being able to see the board and what’s being played. Being honest all these hustler vids just show what a waste of time it is to play them. They cheat and distract on top of actually being very good players. If they wanted to make 5 bucks it would be worth playing them and having them explain your mistakes as you played and lost. Yes I get that that’s a chess lesson but playing outside in the park for a few minutes and learning something versus being talked down to by a better player is no contest in terms of value for money.
I love this guy Willson! I go to NYU which is basically located around this park (Washington Square Park) and when I was applying to colleges and I visited the school I played Willson and lost $15. I had no idea how to chess in the first game we played, he checkmated me in about 10 moves. I lost $5 to him this game. I was embarrassed because there was a crowd of local crack heads and other people around, so I asked him for a rematch and he said "$10" and of course I had to be the man and try again. This time he checkmated me in 5 moves. I practiced and learned about chess for the last 4 years and now I think I am ready to take on Willson again. Hopefully I make it at least 20 moves.
Gotta win back those 30 dollars with 4 years of training.
@@NinjaKiller999 Checkmate in 2
Because you don't even look at the board… :v :"D
*dosent know how to play chess* *Wilson unleashes the benoni, after 12 moves, Wilson has captured both his knights and has 3 kings on the board and is up a pawn*
Just watch out for move23... You will do well
BOOM HIT! BOOM!
I think he was saying "bum."
@Time Warp It's the wooden shield!
Thank you for posting, Have wanted to see this game since I first saw it on the Net. Thank you again.
Yep. Wilson trying to cheat in front of all those cameras and in front of a grandmaster was thr definition of savage level desperation.
"i just got back from the gym so i'm feeling pretty good" MOOD
Thanks for covering this game. I watched the original video a few thousand times already. Hilarious
I saw that clip on reddit a while back, and it sparked my initial interest in chess. Good stuff
iRonak wow thats awesome
iRonak same here
Otek` same here.
So it's been 3 years man so how's your chess skills now
@@rodneylim6188 how's your chess skills man it's been 3 years
Yes. i love this, My favorite chess clip form GM Maurice Ashley!
Thanks for showing this. Your channel is amazing.
GM Maurice was never phased at any stage of this game. At that level of discipline and mastery, GM Maurice is playing the game in his mind - hustler may try to double-Knight physically, but it's impossible to trick GM Maurice's mind-board :)
One of the first chess videos on KZhead I've seen, kinda encouraged me to play chess too. Thanks for covering the game!
The best move I've heard of was played in a chess club in which there were several boards side-by-side on a long table. One player, playing with the Black pieces, lost his rook on h8 early in the game. Some time later he decided to castle on the Kingside, so he duly moved his King to g8 and "borrowed" a black rook from the a8 square of the chessboard to his immediate left, placing it on his own f8 square. Neither his opponent, nor the players on the adjacent board, noticed the cheeky chap's crafty manoeuvre and White ended up losing the game. Afterwards, a spectator pointed out what had happened and White was awarded the win. Black reportedly shrugged his shoulders and said, "Oh well, c'est la vie!"
Been watching a lot of chess recently. Stumbled across the documentary mentioned. Great analysis!
5:00 -- The chess hustler played the rare, Pawn takes BOTH knights cxd3cxd4 -- powerful against most competitors.
Every time you do a little grunt I hear a duck quack and now I can't unhear it. Thank you for the videos though, god bless
LOLOLOL.........B4 opening. Already hustling from the first move. I love your channel.
Hey Agadmator! I just have a request for you. When you are analyzing a game that has some special backround or shows something special like in this one where the hustler captures a knight and moves another one to an other square, you could maybe show some footage cuts if there is any out there.
+apostolos Papadopoulos I am not allowed to use other people's footage. That's why I put a link in the description so you can see the original footage
agadmator's Chess Channel Oh well, sounds reasonable. Thanks for reading my comment!
O φίλος μας είναι τόσο πετυχημένος γιατί βλέπει και ασχολείται με όλα τα σχόλια. Τσέκαρε το. Τα χαιρετήσματα μου από τη Χίο.
I think you can use other people footage if the length (cut) is lesser than x amount of seconds. Try to look it up
I think you can use footage if it's not for commercial purposes. Have you ever seen Nerdwriter? The guy basically uses Hollywood footage all the time and I never understood why they would never take it down, I believe it's called Fair Use but I might be wrong.
Hi agadmator, I enjoy all your videos. I have a request for you, can you do a video on how all the openings got their names from. I know there are a lot but you can show only the ones with interesting back story :)
+Deepak mahesh That's actually a nice idea :D I'll see if this is possible :D
There’s also a neat little book written by Nathan Rose that does just that.
weavehole Appreciate the idea man but I personally prefer watching videos about it than reading a book :)
Deepak mahesh No worries.
Nothing has happened to you, nothing has happened to you!! Wilson 😂😂😂
That was a smooth game
Maurice knew exactly what he was doing by breaking that weird ass pawn structure early on, and allowing his rook to control the file, then jump into the game.
Thank you for the breakdown!
I don’t think Wilson gets enough credit. Sure, he’s a hustler, but he held his own to a GM. Mad respect
Not only that he tried his hastle too... Most would fall for it!! It was a fast game 3 min ... To bad it was against grandmaster
That pawn move was call the Chuck Norris
It wasnt invincible lmao
Nice teaser: greatest move ever. Yes, Fischer never captured 2 knights in one move like the hustler did. ;)
lmaoo the greatest move ever pulled of im crying 😭😭
Great analysis of the game. W 4th is by far my favorite place to get a few games in. Be careful at night though lol.
@0:0 I just came back from the gym. I felt pretty good so I decided to do a chess video.....lllooolll. You're a legend man. Thank you so much for the good vibes. It made me feel fresh too.
Wow agad you brought this game. Thanks
This was literally the funniest game I have seen when I saw the video😂we need a rematch between the 2
i saw the match live both were playing well i also took a photo with sir ashley awesome analysis
I'm laughing so hard that you called someone Feliz Navidad 🤣😂👍
Tal baron would be proud of pawn takes d3&d4 although he wouldn't play it as it's not one of the top engine moves.
ouch!
I guess it's cheats week and no one told us! Two in a row! I don't mind this one because you can expect it out of a hustler, but I have lost the respect I had for Baron.
aDayinUruguay yeh this was more light hearted good old fashioned cheating not major fraud like Baron should be stripped of his title and have his computer seized total disgrace!
Peter Mahoney The guy even kept the money. Tried to give it back, was not accepted and kept it. Probably should have donated it but... since he was not owning up to the cheating back then he just kept it for himself. Since it was not a FIDE event they did not do anything about his title but given that he admitted to cheating and it can be proven statistically, there would be a good case against his title. I don't know much about the guy and he is probably GM strength but it definitely casts a shadow upon him and also, some doubts on the legitimacy of his title. Nakamura and MVL probably would argue the same. It's disgraceful and I can't understand how he thought he could get away with it. I know agadmator's views it differently and that's why I didn't comment on the video anything regarding this, more out of respect for him than anything else.
Neurotica Combustion The statistics that I saw indicate otherwise, a very low blunder rate, among other data. It's quite conclusive.
One of the greatest moves indeed!!!
Go Agadmator!! I was about to ask if you still go to the gym. I'm glad you do. Keep it up!
When cheating is last resort and that too didn’t work :p
Sagar Sawant now this was a year ago but, killing is the last resort. Can’t win if your dead ;)
lmao calling it a last resort
this is some good meme material i actually think chess memes could become a thing, theres so much funny stuff out there like "smooth", "thinking what to eat tonight", "a wild boris gelfand appears", and this wilson guy
Maurice Ashley had a smooth game. He got a big advantage from the opening and pushed for an easy win.
That Double-knight-lift-from-the-board is totally valid. It’s actually called Knight Passant. However, it can only be played in unrated games, and you can only play it, if your name starts with W. So, yea, Fide totally recognizes it.
I always love it when my pawn goes super saiyan and captures two knights using the Kaio-Ken technique going 2x normal speed
"I wrote merry christmas in Spanish because I thought that was your name" ROFL HAHAHAHAHA
6:23 Pawn E3 is a Bishop for rook trade. Surprised no one's seen this
Nah, the king would just move to f1. No need to take the bishop.
You are correct, e3 followed by e2 or Bxe3 is the strongest move.
@@kenweeraratne431 then pawn moves to E2, checking king. If king moves to E1 to block pawn, bishop to B4 to checkmate. if he doesn't, Queened Pawn
i like maurice's reaction: whoah whoah whoah! D
an old favorite..."Pawn Takes (Two Knights Variation)"
"I just wrote 'Merry Christmas' in Spanish because I thought that was your name" lmao 😅
hey brother. you probably noticed but the video shows "Ashely". again awesome video! loved it.
LOL i legit saw the match in the previous video and i saw this video in my recommendation
"Whoa whoa whoa!"
2:14 DEEZ KNIGHTS
Feller
Hah, godeem.
Very smooth game by Maurice.
0:46 I am dying laughing haha
I think its spelled Wilson its a common last name in the u.s although im not sure : )
You should've put this in the 'What is this sorcery' series. I mean, that two-knight capture was game-changing
So you can keep a straight face when you pronounce Wilson the Hustler, associated with GM Maurice Ashley - precious. And, yes, for noobs like me the endgame added to much needed knowledge - thank you. Wilson the Hustler... It’s killin’ me!!! We have a park here - a very old and beautiful one with a wonderful tiny lake with small boats and an old-fashioned beer joint - where we have our own “hustlers” - a valuable intro to chess for any child waiting for the big-mouth-ed odd-looking loud-speaking gentlemen to finally grab and eat them!!! Thank you for bringing that back to me also... I wish we could meet some time - tiny four-legged friend included... Take care of you and your loved ones!
Now I want to see a game from Medo now!
hahahahahahaha that guy is a legend 😂😂😂😂😂 5:08 two pieces in just 1 move, try that fisher!
Wilson took the knight en pasant. Perfectly good move.
Great video agad: )
Wow !!! What a move i will teach this to my crew😎
5:30 “the greatest moves in chess” 😂😂
Gotta get that gym workout!
I love ur videos. I’m just learning the game and I’m obsessed with it. So much information out there. Thanks man.
I just got back from the gym and my bishop is pumped!
The trickery is insane lol
Nobody ever considers making up their own rules and declaring themselves winner, but the double knight capture is a good early philosophical change to chess towards questioning reality itself and declaring your piece in superposition and having your opponent look up quantum physics to refute the possibility that a piece can be in two places at once and a double knight capture was a mere collapse of the wave function.
The infamous pawn captures 2 knights in 1 move trick! A move so deep Stockfish couldn’t even find it!
Fun video. What's wilson trying to achieve with rook B1?
Reminds me of playing a pool hustler in a bar, they would return a ball or two I already pocketed to the table and I wouldn't even notice lol. I wasn't even mad, I was more impressed that they were able to take advantage of the fact I was concentrating so hard I didn't notice them putting balls back. I assume for a more normal person who has to concentrate harder on a position than Maurice it would've been entirely possible for Wilson to get away with removing the two knights, well played old chap.
7:35 Please help me understand why rxf2 "ends the game immediately" when ke1 keeps the game alive and the bishop can't move yet because it's protecting the king from the white rook. What does black have to do to capture? I'm very curious to know but it doesn't seem immediate
It’s not checkmate immediately, but you would lose that pawn and then you would either lose the rook in 2 moves for nothing or lose the other two pawns on the King’s side
Feel free to pause the video to find Willson's excellent move and I'll give you a couple of seconds
If you put on captions on a.3 it says the booga attack 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The game beetwen Karpov-Miles starting with 1.e4 a6 really helps me alot beating my rival at chess. It surprises me till now how effective that to psychological effect.
great game..I love Ashely
Grandmaster Maurice Ashley should be in Coffee Chess
I must learn to master this move nobody will ever beat me with this genius move
The infamous capture two knights with one pawn move. I have yet to try it out in a match.
i got the notification for this video along with your tweet linking it at the same time lol also you spelled Maurice's surname wrong, it should be "Ashley"
+The Infinice Nice slight of hand, like Willson :D
Maurice has the biggest brain I've ever seen, hokey smoky-roonies.
Maurice caught him trying to steal that ♘ 😂😂😂
I used to play in Washington Square Park in the 1970s. Brings back memories. Not hustlers but I used to play one chess club refugee a lot, a master who was very skinny from having Hep-C. For some reason he preferred the park. Maybe the people in the park are more real.